North Dakota reports spike in active COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths from illness
Forty-two of the new cases came from Burleigh County, which encompasses Bismarck. The county emerged as the state's hotspot over the last two months and has by far the most active cases with 324. Morton County, which sits just west of Burleigh County and includes Mandan, reported five new cases and has 107 currently infected residents.
Written By: Jeremy Turley | Aug 19th 2020 - 12pm.
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Department of Health on Wednesday, Aug. 19, reported 188 new cases of COVID-19.
The department also reported the deaths of a McLean County woman in her 70s and a Grand Forks County woman in her 90s. McLean County is north of Bismarck in the center of the state. Like most victims of the illness, both women were reported to have had underlying health conditions.
The health department says 130 North Dakotans have died from the illness, including 76 residents of Cass County, which includes Fargo and West Fargo. Seventy-two of the deaths have come in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. There still are four deaths that remain in a "presumed positive" category, which means a medical professional determined that COVID-19 was a cause of death but the person was not tested for the illness while he or she was alive.
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